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The renowned New Zealand whisky shop Whisky Galore in Christchurch, which has also been hosting the well-known New Zealand whisky festival Dramfest since 2007, has now released a new Kilchoman single cask bottling with a Marsala cask finish. The whisky was first matured for five years in an ex-bourbon barrel before being finished in a Marsala wine cask for more […]
Read moreJust before Christmas, four new Kilchoman single cask bottlings were released in Germany. In addition to the 100% Islay unpeated Sherry Butt from the Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft Bremen and the New Oak Finish Single Cask from Kilchomania.com, which we have both already reported on, there is also a 9 yo 100% Islay Madeira Single Cask Finish for the Brühler Whiskyhaus and […]
Read moreA new Distillery Shop Exclusive release has been available at the Kilchoman Visitor Centre since yesterday. The Marsala Single Cask Finish is the ‘Be a Bottler’ cask from this year’s Fèis Ìle. The whisky was initially matured in a fresh bourbon barrel for almost 7 years and was decanted into a Marsala wine cask from the Florio winery in Marsala […]
Read moreThe Dutch Kilchoman importer Bresser & Timmer has now released a new Kilchoman single cask bottling to celebrate its 30th anniversary. It is a Marsala wine cask finish. Distilled in mid-December 2014, the whisky was first matured in a fresh ex-Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel for more than six years before being finished in a Marsala cask for over two years. […]
Read moreA few days ago, two new Kilchoman bottlings were released in Norway, where the distribution of alcohol is handled exclusively by a state monopolist, Vinmonopolet, similar to Sweden: the Norway Small Batch Release No. 2 and a Marsala cask finish under the name Marius Peat 2nd Edition. . The basis of the whiskies in the series of Small Batch Releases […]
Read moreAfter the first three Kilchoman Single Cask bottlings were released in Slovakia at the beginning of this year, two more followed in December. Besides another Sauternes finish, especially the Marsala finish, one of the first Kilchoman bottlings of this type of maturation, should meet with great interest. Both casks were filled on 31 January 2013. After maturing for over 8 […]
Read moreBesides the Poland Small Batch No. 2, the Polish Kilchoman importer M&P also released a new single cask bottling for its Cask Collection Club at the end of the year. It is one of the first Marsala wine cask finishings by Kilchoman available worldwide. The first bottlings released so far, mainly as Distillery Exclusive releases, were very promising and so […]
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